- The Mahâ
Dissâvas was a
Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or
Sinhalese Council of State, in the
Sinhalese Kingdoms of
monarchical Sri Lanka. Like...
-
government house in
Mullaitivu was
attacked by
forces of
Pandara Vanniyan and
Dissava of
Nuwara Kalawiya who laid
siege to the fort.
Captain Drieberg with his...
- was captured, and executed. In 1814, the king
ordered Ehelepola Adigar,
Dissava of Sabaragamuwa, to Kandy. Ehelepola,
suspecting a trap, refused; in revenge...
- this
group as
chiefs who held the high
offices of
state such as Adigar,
Dissava and
MahaLekam which appointments were not
hereditary and
these individuals...
-
Government Agents (GA) took over the
duties of the
Dissava (with the
remaining and
newly appointed Dissavas being mere
honorary titles), with Rate Mahatmaya...
- "A
Kandyan Dissava and
Priest of Boodhoo",
illustration by John Davy (1821) of a
native Kandyan chief/administrator and a
Buddhist monk....
- Amātya
Mandalaya Maha
Adigar Maha
Mohottala Maha
Dissava Dugganna Nilame Bandāra
Provincial Disavani Dissava Rata Rate
Mahatmaya Korale Korala Pattu Judiciary...
-
Ehelepola Kumarihamy. He was the
second son of
Ehelepola Maha Disawe, the
Dissava of
Sabaragamuwa under the King Sri
Vikrama Rajasinha of
Kandy Sri Lanka...
- Amātya
Mandalaya Maha
Adigar Maha
Mohottala Maha
Dissava Dugganna Nilame Bandāra
Provincial Disavani Dissava Rata Rate
Mahatmaya Korale Korala Pattu Judiciary...
-
Government Agents (GA) took over the
duties of the
Dissava (with the
remaining and
newly appointed Dissavas being mere
honorary titles), with Rate Mahatmaya...
